The Western world became a beacon of justice, freedom, and prosperity because of the ideas in the Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason. This was an intellectual movement Continue Reading
When the thirteen colonies of British America declared their independence from King George III, it sparked the Revolutionary War. The American leaders wanted to be free from rule of monarchs and create Continue Reading
Columbus Day is celebrated each year on the second Monday in October. It is in honor of Christopher Columbus, the explorer who brought Europeans to the Americas. It is also a celebration Continue Reading
When the leaders of the British colonies in America decided it was time to split off from England, they knew the letter had to be just right. A committee was appointed by Continue Reading
In April 1775, colonial militiamen and British troops fought in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, starting the American Revolution. Citizens of the 13 colonies were tired of English rule and rebelled. On July Continue Reading
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In the early 1800s, the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Marshall, wrote, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.” A lot Continue Reading
While the American Revolution won freedom from British rule officially, England continued to treat the United States as a colony. France and England were at war, and Britain wanted to use the Continue Reading
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Long before there was a United States of America, explorers from Europe came to America and established colonies. By the 1700s, the area now known as the Eastern United States was controlled Continue Reading
The United States of America is often called the land of the free, but that was not always the case. Long before there was the United States, explorers from Europe sailed across Continue Reading
The Revolutionary War changed the course of history in many ways. When the American colonies decided to fight for independence from Britain, people weren’t sure how the upcoming war would end. Many Continue Reading
The first government established after the Declaration of Independence was quite a bit different from what we know today. Imagine a United States without a federal court system or an executive branch. Continue Reading